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What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach?

Flutters, knots and other stomach sensations tied to nervousness are all examples of the gut-brain axis in action.

LiveScience · Nov 18, 2025

Sunken city discovered in Kyrgyzstan lake was a medieval hotspot on the Silk Road — until an earthquake wiped it out

Archaeologists in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of a drowned medieval city that was once a Silk Road hotspot.

LiveScience · Nov 18, 2025

CTE may stem from rampant inflammation and DNA damage

New research shows that CTE may stem from DNA damage and inflammation set in motion by blows to the head.

LiveScience · Nov 18, 2025

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LiveScience · Nov 18, 2025

Extreme bloom of toxic algae swirls in Nevada's 'Pyramid Lake' — Earth from space

A 2024 satellite photo shows an unusually active bloom of toxic cyanobacteria swirling in the water of Nevada's Pyramid Lake. Research suggests that the algae has been blooming there for at least 9,000 years.

LiveScience · Nov 18, 2025

'Sophisticated' Bronze Age city unearthed in Kazakhstan 'transforms our understanding of steppe societies'

Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered the "City of Seven Ravines," a vast Bronze Age "proto-city" with metalworking, dwellings and a large building.

LiveScience · Nov 18, 2025

'Perfectly preserved' Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn't evolve to warm air

An analysis of the only intact Neanderthal inner nose bones known to exist reveals that our ancient cousins' enormous noses did not evolve to withstand harsh climates.

LiveScience · Nov 17, 2025

Watch live: New images of comet 3I/ATLAS revealed by NASA today (Nov. 19)

NASA will finally share long-awaited images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS taken during the comet's close flyby of Mars. A live stream has been set for today (Nov. 19).

LiveScience · Nov 17, 2025

12,000-year-old figurine of goose mating with naked woman discovered in Israel

A tiny figurine depicting a goose mounting a woman reveals early evidence of animistic belief in southwest Asia.

LiveScience · Nov 17, 2025

Three more Chinese astronauts are now stranded in space following successful rescue of their colleagues

The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China's Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to Earth in the wrong spacecraft. For now, the astronauts have no safe way of returning home.

LiveScience · Nov 17, 2025